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Boston, MA – Around the United States, increasing numbers of patients in need of surgery are turning to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) for same-day surgical care. With the demand for this type of care up by 54 percent since 2001, the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded the first program to focus… Continue reading Toolkit to Improve Safety at Ambulatory Surgery Centers Helps to Promote High Quality Patient Care

Boston, MA – Emergencies can occur unpredictably in surgery, from patient hemorrhage or cardiac arrest to the rare fire in the operating room (OR). Surgical teams must take quick action in these instances to avoid harm to their patients. The Ariadne Labs Operating Room Crisis Checklists were created to help surgical teams effectively manage the… Continue reading Updated OR Crisis Checklists Help Clinicians Rescue Patients from Critical Events

Embargoed for release: Tuesday, July 11, 2017, 5:00 PM ET Key takeaway: A study of 53 hospitals found that certain management practices in labor and delivery units were associated with higher rates of cesarean deliveries and complications, independent of women’s health Boston, MA ─ The way certain hospital labor and delivery units are managed may put healthy women… Continue reading Hospital management practices may put women at risk for C-sections, complications during childbirth

New study demonstrates effectiveness of serious illness communication in primary care Boston, Mass – Chronically ill patients in a high-risk management program that implemented structured, communication-based serious illness care had more meaningful and comprehensive conversations with their clinicians about their values and goals of care, according to a new study. The findings, published in the… Continue reading New study demonstrates effectiveness of serious illness communication in primary care

Boston, MA – There is strong evidence that expanding health insurance increases access to care, improves health in a variety of ways, and reduces mortality, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers who analyzed a decade’s worth of evidence on the effects of insurance coverage on health.  The review—the most current analysis… Continue reading Analysis indicates that insurance expansion improves access to care, health, and survival